I suppose if we are going to build a custom home we might as well hook it up to electricity.
June 18, 2011 - Saturday
Walked through the upper floor and decided where to place electrical outlets and switches. Placed 6" Halo can lights in the family room, gym, master bedroom/bath/closet, and utility rooms.
June 19, 2011 - Sunday
Nailed up the electrical boxes upstairs and began pulling wire.
Also cleaned some windows while the lift is still here. They should be picking it up any day.
June 20, 2011 - Monday
Nailed up the electrical boxes downstairs. Mostly finished pulling wire upstairs. Installed more 6" can lights upstairs in the loft area and 4" can lights in the kitchen.
June 21, 2011 - Tuesday
Put in the exterior electrical boxes.
Did some additional strapping and bracing on the framing.
June 22, 2011 - Wednesday
Installed the electrical panel in the utility room. Began pulling wire downstairs.
June 23, 2011 - Thursday
Continued pulling wire downstairs. Also completed framing on the linen closet and pantry. These 4' x 4' rooms are stacked so that, if needed, an elevator can be installed in the future.
June 24, 2011 - Friday
Continued pulling wire.
June 25, 2011 - Saturday
Mostly completed 220/110V wire. Wired for three ceiling fans and all smoke detectors. Began hooking up wire to the panel.
June 27, 2011 - Monday
Placed a beam in the Master Bedroom. Wasn't planning on doing this, but it does look good.
Connected wires in the outlet/switch boxes. Began low voltage wiring (i.e., cable, door bell, phone) We are pulling two cable wires to each location, along with a phone line.
June 28, 2011 - Tuesday
Completed pulling low voltage wire. Also ran speaker wire in the home gym.
Did some misc electrical wiring to prepare for electrical inspection tomorrow.
June 29, 2011 - Wednesday
Very thorough electrical inspection today. Inspector traced every wire and looked at just about every staple. Did pretty well on the inspection, but we need to make a few changes. Spent the afternoon on some of the changes the inspector asked for.
June 30, 2011 - Thursday
Finished making the changes the inspector asked for. Ready for reinspection tomorrow.
July 1, 2011 - Friday
Passed inspection!
Sunrise Over Garden Valley
The deer watch an early morning sunrise above Garden Valley
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Plumbing
Time to start roughing in the rest of the plumbing. All the plumbing under the first floor (crawlspace) is complete, so everything on the first floor and above is on the agenda. Will take a few days with some misc items mixed in.
June 15, 2011 - Wednesday
Began rough plumbing first and second floors today. Lots to think about. Don't want to have to make adjustments later. Have to think about where HVAC is going, electricity, medicine cabinets, etc. Everything needs water supply, drain lines and vents. All of this has to work together.
Put a second coat of stain on the front columns and attached the strong-tie brackets to the trusses so the roof doesn't blow away. I'm told the roof is an important part of the house.
Stopped by Home Depot and bought a couple of bath tubs. Don't tell anyone this, but also stopped by Lowe's and bought a bath tub there. They had a tub we wanted that Home Depot doesn't offer. Kendra now gets to look at a jacuzzi tub in our bathroom that can't be used for another four months.
June 16, 2011 - Thursday
Continued plumbing and installed bathroom vents so the HVAC guys from Comfort Flow can attach the ducting on Friday. Did some framing for attic access and some framing to prep for the HVAC.
Stopped by Douglas County to get the electrical permit.
June 17, 2011 - Friday
Continued plumbing. Put all the connections on the bath tubs so they can be installed.
Received steel plate brackets for all the columns and beams. Kevin Saylor's cousin, , made these in one day. They look great. Can't wait to see them installed.
Cleaned windows since the boom lift is getting picked up next week. Need to make sure all the unreachable work is done while we still have the lift.
Saturday - June 18, 2011
Started putting in PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) water supply lines. Even have a hot/cold supply for outside. It will be nice to have warm water on cold days.
Sunday - June 19, 2011
Finished putting in the PEX water supply lines. Installed all three of the bath tubs.
Tuesday - June 28, 2011
Made the shower pan out of 40mil pvc liner. Filled up shower pan and all three tubs with water for tomorrow's plumbing inspection.
Wednesday - June 29, 2011
Had a couple small leaks. One on the Jacuzzi Tub and one on the clean-out fitting at the kitchen sink. Inspector arrived before we could get the leaks repaired. Will have to put off the inspection until Friday.
TO BE CONTINUED....
June 15, 2011 - Wednesday
Began rough plumbing first and second floors today. Lots to think about. Don't want to have to make adjustments later. Have to think about where HVAC is going, electricity, medicine cabinets, etc. Everything needs water supply, drain lines and vents. All of this has to work together.
Put a second coat of stain on the front columns and attached the strong-tie brackets to the trusses so the roof doesn't blow away. I'm told the roof is an important part of the house.
Stopped by Home Depot and bought a couple of bath tubs. Don't tell anyone this, but also stopped by Lowe's and bought a bath tub there. They had a tub we wanted that Home Depot doesn't offer. Kendra now gets to look at a jacuzzi tub in our bathroom that can't be used for another four months.
June 16, 2011 - Thursday
Continued plumbing and installed bathroom vents so the HVAC guys from Comfort Flow can attach the ducting on Friday. Did some framing for attic access and some framing to prep for the HVAC.
Stopped by Douglas County to get the electrical permit.
June 17, 2011 - Friday
Continued plumbing. Put all the connections on the bath tubs so they can be installed.
Received steel plate brackets for all the columns and beams. Kevin Saylor's cousin, , made these in one day. They look great. Can't wait to see them installed.
Cleaned windows since the boom lift is getting picked up next week. Need to make sure all the unreachable work is done while we still have the lift.
Saturday - June 18, 2011
Started putting in PEX (cross-linked polyethylene) water supply lines. Even have a hot/cold supply for outside. It will be nice to have warm water on cold days.
Sunday - June 19, 2011
Finished putting in the PEX water supply lines. Installed all three of the bath tubs.
Tuesday - June 28, 2011
Made the shower pan out of 40mil pvc liner. Filled up shower pan and all three tubs with water for tomorrow's plumbing inspection.
Wednesday - June 29, 2011
Had a couple small leaks. One on the Jacuzzi Tub and one on the clean-out fitting at the kitchen sink. Inspector arrived before we could get the leaks repaired. Will have to put off the inspection until Friday.
TO BE CONTINUED....
Exterior Phase complete
As you can see, we are done with the exterior. We still have to put up the front porches, back patio, and the concrete approach, but other than that we are done working outside.
Things are still going well. Couldn't be going better, as far as I'm concerned. Everything is turning out great, our stress levels are still low, and we are well within our budget.
Now we shift our focus to the interior. Next up will be electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation and so on. I'll do my best to get good pictures, but it's hard to get a wide enough camera view inside most of the rooms. Although there will be a lot of progress, you probably won't be able to see much of it in the pictures.
Thank you for showing an interest in our project and in our website. Two months into construction, we've had over 1,300 page views, including 39 from 9 other countries, we have had companies thank us for the referral business this website has provided, and we currently have 16 households that are either followers of our blog or have requested email notifications each time we post an update. We will continue to work on regular updates and hope to keep you interested in what we are doing.
Please review our list of recommended companies and give them a chance to earn your business.
Things are still going well. Couldn't be going better, as far as I'm concerned. Everything is turning out great, our stress levels are still low, and we are well within our budget.
Now we shift our focus to the interior. Next up will be electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation and so on. I'll do my best to get good pictures, but it's hard to get a wide enough camera view inside most of the rooms. Although there will be a lot of progress, you probably won't be able to see much of it in the pictures.
Thank you for showing an interest in our project and in our website. Two months into construction, we've had over 1,300 page views, including 39 from 9 other countries, we have had companies thank us for the referral business this website has provided, and we currently have 16 households that are either followers of our blog or have requested email notifications each time we post an update. We will continue to work on regular updates and hope to keep you interested in what we are doing.
Please review our list of recommended companies and give them a chance to earn your business.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Windows/Siding
A week of big changes...with siding going up and most of the windows installed, a lot of progress has been made. The siding is very technical. Jeff had to keep the siding in mind when doing the framing. Nail patterns have to be just right so we pass inspection and don't have nails showing when the cedar is put into place. It's all labor intensive but soooo worth it when it's complete.
Devin joined us again this week. His help has been priceless. He is one of the hardest working people I've ever met. Kendra and I think the world of him, and love having him around.
Monday - May 16, 2011
Started the morning staining the rough sawn mahogany plywood boards using Sherwin Williams exterior semi-transparent cider mill stain. A very monotonous, but necessary job. It's much easier to stain these before they are hung into place, but it takes hours, and each board needs two coats.
Received our window delivery. It was very exciting to see the truck pull up and even more gratifying to see 38 windows and 2 sliding glass doors being pulled from the truck (the other four will be delivered next week - they were a custom size with angles so we couldn't give them the measurements until after the roofing was done, so we knew the exact size). For the garage we bought Empire Pacific Windows. Since then they were bought out by Cascade Window. The reason we went with them is because they offer a painted vinyl window (I'm just thankful Cascade Window kept that as an option). They are the only ones I know that are offering this - and they have a good warranty on them. I didn't want to spend the time and money on a stained house and have white vinyl windows ruining the look. Yes, the painted windows cost extra, but they are worth every penny! We ordered the windows through Carlson Hardware and Cascade Window sent a rep to the house to get the dimensions and other specifications. Great customer service!
Toward the end of the day Green Guard Waterproof House Wrap was put on the lower level of the house.
Let me take a minute to say something about Sherwin Williams...Jeff has been using them for years, but I had never bought anything from them until we built the garage. Just like the garage, we are doing a board and batten siding on the house. As previously mentioned, the boards are mahogany and the bats are cedar. We have to use two different colors of stain because of the two different species of wood. We picked out the cider mill color for the boards and had to come up with a custom color for the cedar bats. The first custom color we took home was awful. When it dried it turned out very gray. It looked horrible. Unfortunately, we had bought fifteen gallons of this atrocious color, which is not cheap. Knowing we couldn't use it, I took it back fully expecting to pay for another fifteen gallons of a better matched color. To my surprise Sherwin Williams traded us straight across for the color we ended up using. They simply said "we want our product to look good and our customers need to be satisfied". Saved us money and they gained a loyal customer.
So, back to present time, we just bought over one hundred gallons of stain from them and will be buying more in the next couple weeks. We will also be buying the interior paint from them when the time comes.
Tuesday - May 17, 2011
Stained more siding, put on more house wrap, and intalled some flashing & strapping. Started putting in the windows.
Wednesday - May 18, 2011
Finished staining the boards, installed more flashing, and began putting up siding. The siding will take several days to put up because, with all the windows and corners, almost every piece has to be cut.
Thursday - May 19, 2011
Completed putting up all the house wrap. Installed all the windows but the four they are delivering next week. Put up a little more flashing and finished all the required strapping. Continued putting up siding.
Monday - May 30, 2011
Monday - June 6, 2011
Applied caulking around windows and began putting on window trim and cedar bats.
Tuesday - June 7, 2011
Continued caulking around windows, putting on window trim, and cedar bats.
The cascade window rep came out today to fix some minor problems and see if he could modify our kitched screen so that it can open.
Washington Federal came out for our montly inspection. We must be doing well, they keep giving us money.
Wednesday - June 8, 2011
Finished caulking windows and putting up window trim. Started putting up soffits. Much more time consuming than I ever imagined, but there are a lot of careful measurements and cuts. Looks great though!
Thursday - June 9, 2011
Removed all the temporary bracing. Did some touchups on the exterior stain. Started staining the columns.
Friday - June 10, 2011
Bunnell's Overhead Doors is coming out to install the gutters. Figured we would have them come out while we still had the lift, they will come back out to do the rest of the gutters when we get the porches/patio done.
Monday - June 13, 2011
Continued putting up cedar bats.
Tuesday - June 14, 2011
Finished putting up cedar bats. Mostly done with siding. The rest will be done when we complete the porches/patio. Exterior turned out great. Next up, Plumbing!
Devin joined us again this week. His help has been priceless. He is one of the hardest working people I've ever met. Kendra and I think the world of him, and love having him around.
Monday - May 16, 2011
Started the morning staining the rough sawn mahogany plywood boards using Sherwin Williams exterior semi-transparent cider mill stain. A very monotonous, but necessary job. It's much easier to stain these before they are hung into place, but it takes hours, and each board needs two coats.
Received our window delivery. It was very exciting to see the truck pull up and even more gratifying to see 38 windows and 2 sliding glass doors being pulled from the truck (the other four will be delivered next week - they were a custom size with angles so we couldn't give them the measurements until after the roofing was done, so we knew the exact size). For the garage we bought Empire Pacific Windows. Since then they were bought out by Cascade Window. The reason we went with them is because they offer a painted vinyl window (I'm just thankful Cascade Window kept that as an option). They are the only ones I know that are offering this - and they have a good warranty on them. I didn't want to spend the time and money on a stained house and have white vinyl windows ruining the look. Yes, the painted windows cost extra, but they are worth every penny! We ordered the windows through Carlson Hardware and Cascade Window sent a rep to the house to get the dimensions and other specifications. Great customer service!
Toward the end of the day Green Guard Waterproof House Wrap was put on the lower level of the house.
Let me take a minute to say something about Sherwin Williams...Jeff has been using them for years, but I had never bought anything from them until we built the garage. Just like the garage, we are doing a board and batten siding on the house. As previously mentioned, the boards are mahogany and the bats are cedar. We have to use two different colors of stain because of the two different species of wood. We picked out the cider mill color for the boards and had to come up with a custom color for the cedar bats. The first custom color we took home was awful. When it dried it turned out very gray. It looked horrible. Unfortunately, we had bought fifteen gallons of this atrocious color, which is not cheap. Knowing we couldn't use it, I took it back fully expecting to pay for another fifteen gallons of a better matched color. To my surprise Sherwin Williams traded us straight across for the color we ended up using. They simply said "we want our product to look good and our customers need to be satisfied". Saved us money and they gained a loyal customer.
So, back to present time, we just bought over one hundred gallons of stain from them and will be buying more in the next couple weeks. We will also be buying the interior paint from them when the time comes.
Tuesday - May 17, 2011
Stained more siding, put on more house wrap, and intalled some flashing & strapping. Started putting in the windows.
Wednesday - May 18, 2011
Finished staining the boards, installed more flashing, and began putting up siding. The siding will take several days to put up because, with all the windows and corners, almost every piece has to be cut.
Thursday - May 19, 2011
Completed putting up all the house wrap. Installed all the windows but the four they are delivering next week. Put up a little more flashing and finished all the required strapping. Continued putting up siding.
That's right, Jeff is working on Memorial Day. What a workaholic. I guess after a week of bear hunting, he couldn't wait to get back to work. Devin won't be joining us. He found a job at Oregon State University (The University of Oregon must not have been hiring, so he had to settle for second best). Although we will miss his hard work, we are very happy for him and wish him well in his new job. They are lucky to have him.
Finished hanging the siding and flashing on the lower floor. Stained batten siding - not the funnest part of the job, but necessary. We are using various sizes of cedar. As mentioned previously, we are using a custom stain from Sherwin Williams for the first coat. We will use Cider Mill, the same color we used on the boards, for the second coat.
Tuesday - May 31, 2011
Started hanging the siding/flashing on the upper floor. Applied more stain on the batten siding.
Wednesday - June 1, 2011
Same as yesterday. Hung siding/flashing on the upper floor and applied more stain on the batten siding.
Thursday - June 2, 2011
Finished hanging the board siding/flashing. Stained more cedar bats.
The Roseburg Roofing & Supply Company installed the weatherproof flooring on the deck outside the master bedroom. We used material normally used on a flat roof since the deck is exposed to the weather an sits above the lower floor. Later, we will install a floating deck over the weatherproof material
Brenda brought down the last four windows. The window dimensions were slightly off, so Jeff had to do some custom fabricating on the rough openings. It took a little time, but the windows are in and it turned out great. I think most builders would have thrown a fit, but Jeff just fixed the problem and moved on. This is one of the biggest reasons he's so great to work with...he deals with problems really well. His low stress level keeps the homeowners stress level low as well.
Friday - June 3, 2011
Finished staining all the cedar bats. Started putting up Facia.
For the next several days we will probably be roofing in the morning and putting up siding in the afternoon, so I will be working on two posts at the same time, Siding & Roofing, so make sure to check on both of those posts for updates.
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| View of the house coming up the driveway |
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| View of the house from the front |
Applied caulking around windows and began putting on window trim and cedar bats.
Tuesday - June 7, 2011
Continued caulking around windows, putting on window trim, and cedar bats.
The cascade window rep came out today to fix some minor problems and see if he could modify our kitched screen so that it can open.
Washington Federal came out for our montly inspection. We must be doing well, they keep giving us money.
Wednesday - June 8, 2011
Finished caulking windows and putting up window trim. Started putting up soffits. Much more time consuming than I ever imagined, but there are a lot of careful measurements and cuts. Looks great though!
Thursday - June 9, 2011
Removed all the temporary bracing. Did some touchups on the exterior stain. Started staining the columns.
Friday - June 10, 2011
Bunnell's Overhead Doors is coming out to install the gutters. Figured we would have them come out while we still had the lift, they will come back out to do the rest of the gutters when we get the porches/patio done.
Monday - June 13, 2011
Continued putting up cedar bats.
Tuesday - June 14, 2011
Finished putting up cedar bats. Mostly done with siding. The rest will be done when we complete the porches/patio. Exterior turned out great. Next up, Plumbing!
Roofing
Thursday - May 5, 2011
Received truss delivery from Willamette Truss. The driver not only set the trusses, but also the large great room beams, and lifted the roof sheeting to the upper level. Can't even begin to describe what a tremendous help that was. After the driver left the trusses were set up and nailed into place.
Friday - May 6, 2011
Continued blocking and venting for trusses. Also started framing and blocking for great room and loft roofing using 2 x 12's.
Drove up to Eugene/Brownsville to look at cabinets and flooring. Stopped by lumber liquidators to pick out some wood floors. I was impressed by their selection and pricing. Hopefully we can stay within our allotted budget. It adds up fast. More on flooring later. Also met Brian (Jeff's cabinet guy) and looked at the cabinets he just finished. AMAZING! He's taking them 1200 miles into Canada. He does some really good work. More on cabinets later.
Monday - May 9, 2011
Continued working on bracing and blocking for trusses. Began to put on roof sheeting on places that blocking has been completed. Also continued to work on 2 x 12 roofing over great room.
Tuesday - May 10, 2011
Continued roof sheeting, bracing, blocking and venting. We have an added feature on the gable ends of our roof overhangs, so roof framing is taking some extra time and material than normal (see garage pictures to see what I'm talking about).
Received delivery from Carlson Hardware. Had a 40ft boom truck delivered from Sunbelt Rentals in Albany 1 -800-667-9328. They had better customer service and better pricing than any of the Roseburg rental companies that had a similar product. The boom truck will make things much easier -won't have to move scaffolding several times a day.
We were joined this week by Devin, who also helped build our garage. He is a friend of Jeff's (and now, ours) that was recently layed off from his job. He's a smart, reliable, honest, hard working guy, so I know he'll land on his feet. In the meantime, it's great of him to lend us a hand. We love having Jeff and Devin (and the rest of the Hetterle's on the weekends) around.
Wednesday - May 11, 2011
Stood up and attched the four 8" rough sawn front columns today. They look so good! Really added a lot to the front of the house.
Continued work on roof overhangs, 2 x 12 roofing, and sheeting.
Thursday - May 12, 2011
Completed all roof framing and sheeting. Put up all 2 x 6 facia (2 x 12 in front of the great room). The facia will later be covered by cedar). Put on roofing felt (a better material than tar paper) making the roof waterproof. For the most part, the inside of the house is now out of the weather.
Did some clean-up.
Thursday - June 2, 2011
Let's see if I can confuse everyone. I will be working on two posts at the same time...A post labled siding and a post labled roofing. With the help of the boom lift it's best to do the lower section of the roofing and the higher parts of the siding at the same time. Much safer and we get the most out of the equipment in the shortest period of time.
Roofing Supply and Delivery delivered and placed the roofing shingles, and other supplies, on the roof.
Friday - June 3, 2011
Started nailing on the black 3-dimensional roofing shingles as far as we could reach from the boom lift. Much safer to do it this way. Also did some work on the 45 degree angle roof we have above the great room. We needed to find a way to divert the water into the gutter, so Jeff came up with a system that did that.
Saturday - June 4, 2011
Continued roofing and step flashing. Finished installing cedar facia.
Sunday - June 5, 2011
Finished roofing and step flashing. Installed all roof vents.
Monday - June 6, 2011
Attached all the roof edge shingles. This is a feature most homes do not have but I love the way it looks.
Received truss delivery from Willamette Truss. The driver not only set the trusses, but also the large great room beams, and lifted the roof sheeting to the upper level. Can't even begin to describe what a tremendous help that was. After the driver left the trusses were set up and nailed into place.
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| Beam Placement |
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| Jeff placing the beams |
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| Truss Placement |
Friday - May 6, 2011
Continued blocking and venting for trusses. Also started framing and blocking for great room and loft roofing using 2 x 12's.
Drove up to Eugene/Brownsville to look at cabinets and flooring. Stopped by lumber liquidators to pick out some wood floors. I was impressed by their selection and pricing. Hopefully we can stay within our allotted budget. It adds up fast. More on flooring later. Also met Brian (Jeff's cabinet guy) and looked at the cabinets he just finished. AMAZING! He's taking them 1200 miles into Canada. He does some really good work. More on cabinets later.
Monday - May 9, 2011
Continued working on bracing and blocking for trusses. Began to put on roof sheeting on places that blocking has been completed. Also continued to work on 2 x 12 roofing over great room.
Tuesday - May 10, 2011
Continued roof sheeting, bracing, blocking and venting. We have an added feature on the gable ends of our roof overhangs, so roof framing is taking some extra time and material than normal (see garage pictures to see what I'm talking about).
Received delivery from Carlson Hardware. Had a 40ft boom truck delivered from Sunbelt Rentals in Albany 1 -800-667-9328. They had better customer service and better pricing than any of the Roseburg rental companies that had a similar product. The boom truck will make things much easier -won't have to move scaffolding several times a day.
We were joined this week by Devin, who also helped build our garage. He is a friend of Jeff's (and now, ours) that was recently layed off from his job. He's a smart, reliable, honest, hard working guy, so I know he'll land on his feet. In the meantime, it's great of him to lend us a hand. We love having Jeff and Devin (and the rest of the Hetterle's on the weekends) around.
Wednesday - May 11, 2011
Stood up and attched the four 8" rough sawn front columns today. They look so good! Really added a lot to the front of the house.
Continued work on roof overhangs, 2 x 12 roofing, and sheeting.
Thursday - May 12, 2011
Completed all roof framing and sheeting. Put up all 2 x 6 facia (2 x 12 in front of the great room). The facia will later be covered by cedar). Put on roofing felt (a better material than tar paper) making the roof waterproof. For the most part, the inside of the house is now out of the weather.
Did some clean-up.
Thursday - June 2, 2011
Let's see if I can confuse everyone. I will be working on two posts at the same time...A post labled siding and a post labled roofing. With the help of the boom lift it's best to do the lower section of the roofing and the higher parts of the siding at the same time. Much safer and we get the most out of the equipment in the shortest period of time.
Roofing Supply and Delivery delivered and placed the roofing shingles, and other supplies, on the roof.
Friday - June 3, 2011
Started nailing on the black 3-dimensional roofing shingles as far as we could reach from the boom lift. Much safer to do it this way. Also did some work on the 45 degree angle roof we have above the great room. We needed to find a way to divert the water into the gutter, so Jeff came up with a system that did that.
Saturday - June 4, 2011
Continued roofing and step flashing. Finished installing cedar facia.
Sunday - June 5, 2011
Finished roofing and step flashing. Installed all roof vents.
Monday - June 6, 2011
Attached all the roof edge shingles. This is a feature most homes do not have but I love the way it looks.
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